1953-08-19 ( 71 years old ) in Bruneck, Italy
Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈnanni moˈretti]; born 19 August 1953; Brunico) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. The Palme d'Or winner in 2001, in 2012 he was the President of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival. His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for "The Son's Room", a Silver Bear at the 1986 Berlin Film Festival for "The Mass is Ended" and a Silver Lion at the 1981 Venice Film Festival for "Sweet Dreams", in addition to the David di Donatello Award for Best Film on three occasions (for "Caro diario" in 1994, "The Son's Room" in 2001 and "Il caimano" in 2006).
Moretti was born in Bruneck, Italy to Roman parents who were both teachers. His father was the late epigraphist Luigi Moretti, a Greek teacher at Sapienza University of Rome. His brother is literary scholar Franco Moretti. While growing up Moretti discovered his two passions, the cinema and water polo. Having finished his studies he pursued a career as a producer, and in 1973 directed his first two short films: Pâté de bourgeois and The Defeat (La sconfitta). In 1976, Nanni Moretti's first feature film Io sono un autarchico (I Am Self-Sufficient) was released. In 1978, he wrote, directed and starred in the movie Ecce Bombo, which tells the story of a student having problems with his entourage. It was screened at the Cannes Festival. Sogni d'oro won the Silver Lion at the 38th Venice International Film Festival. La messa è finita won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. He may be best known for his films Caro diario (Dear Diary, 1993; followed in 1998 by a sequel, Aprile) and La stanza del figlio (The Son's Room, 2001), the latter of which won the Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
Moretti has used certain actors several times in his films, generally playing minor roles. His father Luigi appears in 6 films, Dario Cantarelli and Mauro Fabretti in 5, Antonio Petrocelli in 4. More notable Italian actors he has employed frequently in his films include Silvio Orlando, who appears in 5 films (including the role of protagonist in Il caimano) and Laura Morante, who was featured in Sogni d'oro, Bianca and The Son's Room.[citation needed]. Having played waterpolo in the B division of the Italian championship, his experience later inspired his film Palombella Rossa ("palombella," which literally means "little pigeon," refers to a type of lob shot). His other work has not been widely seen outside Europe, but within his country Moretti is known as a maker of wryly humorous and eccentric films, usually starring himself. His most recent role was in the film Mia Madre (My Mother, 2015) Moretti is also an outspoken political leftist. In 2002, he organized street protests against the government of Silvio Berlusconi. Il caimano (2006) is in part about Berlusconi's controversies: in one of the three portraits of the Italian prime minister Moretti himself plays Berlusconi. Aprile also deals with Italy's political situation and Moretti's views on it. His 2011 film We Have a Pope screened In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
Movies
Carlo Mazzacurati - A Certain Idea of Cinema
2024-08-28
A Brighter Tomorrow
2023-04-20
Franco Battiato - La voce del padrone
2022-11-28
The Hummingbird
2022-10-14
Las Leonas
2022-08-31
We Are Cinema
2021-12-16
Senza troppo recitare la follia
2021-12-02
Three Floors
2021-09-23
Santiago, Italia
2018-12-06
Evviva Giuseppe
2017-09-04
Cheerful Ischia and Smiling Collarbones
2017-01-01
Piazza Mazzini
2017-01-01
Just a Movie: On the Set of 'Mia Madre'
2016-11-15
The Legend of the Palme d'Or
2015-05-20
Mia madre
2015-04-16
Tutte le storie di Piera
2014-06-26
Girlfriend in a Coma
2012-11-26
A Special Day
2012-05-16
Voi siete qui
2011-09-08
We Have a Pope
2011-04-15
Quiet Chaos
2008-02-08
Film Quiz
2008-01-01
To Each His Own Cinema
2007-10-31
The Last Championship
2007-01-01
Say Something Left-Wing
2007-01-01
The Caiman
2006-03-24
Te lo leggo negli occhi
2004-09-03
Anguish Cry of Predator Bird
2003-04-16
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003-04-02
The Son's Room
2001-03-09
Aprile
1998-03-27
Three Lives and Only One Death
1996-05-15
Opening Day of Close-Up
1996-02-09
The Second Time
1995-10-26
The Only Country In The World
1994-12-31
Caro diario
1993-10-12
Caro Nanni
1993-01-01
The Yes Man
1991-04-05
Palombella rossa
1989-09-15
It's Happening Tomorrow
1988-05-18
The Mass Is Ended
1985-11-15
Bellissimo: Images of the Italian Cinema
1985-01-01
Bianca
1984-02-23
Sweet Dreams
1981-09-10
Ecce Bombo
1978-03-08
Padre Padrone
1977-05-20
An Autarchic at 'Palazzo'
1977-02-16
I Am Self-Sufficient
1976-12-14
How Do You Speak, Brother?
1974-01-01
Defeat
1973-12-01
Bourgeois Pâté
1973-01-01
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